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This bachelor thesis deals with the relationship between the Duchy of Mantua and the imperial court in Prague between the years 1595 to 1609. The first part focuses on the composition, operation and function of the Mantun embassy, of which members puts a particular emphasis on the secretary Aderbale Manerbio. Next part of the thesis studies the structure of the network of clientelistic relations between the mantuan duke and the prague courtiers. The last part of the thesis studies the means of the political communication. Its aim is to approach the perception of the world at that time with the aid of the symbolical meaning of individual political gifts. |
